The Unknown Show with Bud Smith

The Unknown Show with Bud Smith Unknown Press is an independent press. The Unknown Show interviews artists doing beautiful work on the edge of the underground and the vast light beyond.

Born and raised at the New Jersey shore on Thanksgiving day 1981, he has worked a variety of manual labor jobs; heavy construction in power plants and refineries, stone mason-- building waterfalls, carpenter, painter, general all around demolition, just like a Bruce Springteen song. Currently he drives his car in and out of New York City everyday, commuting in complete silence, contemplating plot, brevity, hope, indifference and love in the warzones of the wild. At night, he parks his car on the street. It always surprises him when he finds his car is still there when the sun comes up. He says, "Heh. Look at that!" Bud has also worked as an editor on various small press publications and as a recording artist in a music studio. He is currently finishing up a novel about a man faking a terminal illness for a nurse and checking himself into the worst hospital in America. Look for that novel and a new collection of short stories in 2013.

Born and raised at the New Jersey shore on Thanksgiving day 1981, he has worked a variety of manual labor jobs; heavy construction in power plants and refineries, stone mason-- building waterfalls, carpenter, painter, general all around demolition, just like a Bruce Springteen song. Currently he drives his car in and out of New York City everyday, commuting in complete silence, contemplating plot, brevity, hope, indifference and love in the warzones of the wild. At night, he parks his car on the street. It always surprises him when he finds his car is still there when the sun comes up. He says, "Heh. Look at that!" Bud has also worked as an editor on various small press publications and as a recording artist in a music studio. He is currently finishing up a novel about a man faking a terminal illness for a nurse and checking himself into the worst hospital in America. Look for that novel and a new collection of short stories in 2013.

The Unknown Show with Bud Smith's cover photo
05/19/2015

The Unknown Show with Bud Smith's cover photo

Last month Unknown Press published William Seward Bonnie's poetry collection, Subtleties. It's a wondrous collection of ...
03/05/2015
Subtleties

Last month Unknown Press published William Seward Bonnie's poetry collection, Subtleties. It's a wondrous collection of 100 vignettes as love song for the internet meme age. A Stellar book, available in paperback.

"Subtleties" is the sequel to 2014's "Studies" a continuing numbered poetry series exploring human emotion and interaction minus specifics. It details the struggles, dreams and missfortuntes of a young man in the thrawls of love & wanderlust. Doc Bonnie is also the author of the poetry anthology ...

New Anthology. Send something.
02/11/2015

New Anthology. Send something.

12/23/2014

Happy Holidays from Bud Smith.

08/18/2014
The Unknown Show with Bud Smith

SHOW COMES BACK TOMORROW,


The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, etc. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting.
the guests on 8/19/2014 will be

7pm est: .......Robert Vaughan
7:25: est ....... Mik Everett
7:45 est .......Brian Allan Ellis



Robert Vaughan leads writing roundtables at Redoak Writing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His writing has appeared in over 400 print and online journals. His latest book is Addicts and Basements (CCM) He edits at JMWW, and Lost in Thought magazine. His poetry chapbook.

Mik Everett is an American Regionalist novelist born in 1991 in Wichita, Kansas. She studied philosophy and English at Wichita State University, where she also worked as a logic clinician before moving to Boulder, Colorado to open a bookstore. She is the author of Self-Published Kindling: Memoirs of a Homeless Bookstore Owner

Brian Alan Ellis is the author of The Mustache He's Always Wanted but Could Never Grow, 33 Fragments of Sick-Sad Living, and King Sh*t (illustrated by Waylon Thornton). His writing has appeared through such outlets as Skive, The Whistling Fire, Zygote in My Coffee, Monkeybicycle, DOGZPLOT, Conte, Sundog Lit, Crossed Out, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, That Lit Site, Diverse Voices Quarterly, flashquake, Spittoon, HTMLGIANTHe lives in Tallahassee, Florida.

The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo…

Advanced Review Copies of Mik Everette's new release from Unknown Press going out this week. Contact me if you're intere...
08/15/2014

Advanced Review Copies of Mik Everette's new release from Unknown Press going out this week. Contact me if you're interested in writing up a review. Thank you.

-bud

The TOO MUCH anthology is out.
08/05/2014
TOO MUCH ANTHOLOGY RELEASED FROM UNKNOWN PRESS

The TOO MUCH anthology is out.

The TOO MUCH anthology, a collection of stories, poems, essays about that one time that excess reached a pinnacle. I'm very proud of this anthology. Chuck Howe stepped up and did a wonderful job ed...

Coming soon from Unknown Press, Mik Everette's memoir about running a bookstore in Colorado and living in a broken down ...
08/03/2014

Coming soon from Unknown Press, Mik Everette's memoir about running a bookstore in Colorado and living in a broken down RV in a Wal-Mart parking lot. "Self Published Kindling", is an excellent book with enough heart and laughter and sorrow for ten other books.

For an Advanced Review Copy, contact:

[email protected]

04/10/2014
The Unknown Show with Bud Smith

An interview program hosted by Bud Smith. this weeks guests will include, Robert Vaughan, author of Addicts and Basements; Michael Dickes, publisher of Awkword Papercut, and producer of the Awkword Papercut podcast; Janice Lee, publisher of Entropy, writer, author of DAMNATION, wears a cool leather jacket; and author Cort Bledsoe, Baltimore area badass who takes no prisioners.

An interview program hosted by Bud Smith. this weeks guests will include, Robert Vaughan, author of Addicts and Basements; Michael Dickes, publisher of Awkword Papercut, and producer of the Awkword Papercut podcast; Janet Lee, publisher of Entropy, writer, wears a cool leather jacket; and author Cor...

03/10/2014
The Unknown Show with Bud Smith (Interviews)

Tomorrow on the show: excited to come back on the air and talk to three great authors about their kick ass projects.

Alissa Nutting , author of TAMPA, 7pm est
David S. Atkinson, author of BONES BURIED IN THE DIRT 7:25
Aubrey Hirsch WHY WE NEVER TALK ABOUT SUGAR 7:45


http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground/2014/03/11/the-unknown-show-with-bud-smith-interviews

The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...

Unknown Press is thrilled to announce the release of William Seward Bonnie's second book of poetry, Studies!"Studies" is...
03/08/2014
Studies

Unknown Press is thrilled to announce the release of William Seward Bonnie's second book of poetry, Studies!

"Studies" is a numbered poetry series exploring human emotion and interaction minus specifics. It details the struggles, dreams and missfortuntes of a young man in the thrawls of love & wanderlust. Doc Bonnie is also the author of the poetry anthology "Galaxy VS. Sabertooth" from Kleft Jaw Press as well as a contributer to the anthology "First Time", also from Unknown Press. To get a sample of the doctors work please visit: http://cheeseburgernebula.tumblr.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Studies-William-Seward-Bonnie/dp/1496070569/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394307247&sr=1-1

"Studies" is a numbered poetry series exploring human emotion and interaction minus specifics. It details the struggles, dreams and missfortuntes of a young man in the thrawls of love & wanderlust. Doc Bonnie is also the author of the poetry anthology "Galaxy VS. Sabertooth" from Kleft Jaw Press ...

02/13/2014
The Unknown Show with Bud Smith (Interviews)

The Unknown Show with Bud Smith (Interviews)

The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...

02/13/2014
The Unknown Show with Bud Smith (Interviews)

March 11th:

7pm EST Alissa Nutting, author of Tampa and Unclean Job for Women and Girls
7:25 EST David Atkinson, author of Bones Buried in the Dirt
7:45 EST Nathan Leslie, author of The Tall Tale of Tommy Twice

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground/2014/03/11/the-unknown-show-with-bud-smith-interviews

The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...

02/11/2014
The Unknown Show w/ Bud Smith

Tomrrow night on the Unknown Show

Gessy Alvarez 7pm EST
Kevin Ridgeway 7:25 EST
Mike Grover 7:45 EST

It'll be a good time talking to Gessy Alvarez, flash fiction whiz-kid and leader of Digging through the Fat; Kevin Ridgeway, poet and author of the ElectricWindmill Press book All the Rage; and Mike Grover, an electrician from Oregon, who I think is cooler than all of you.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground/2014/02/12/the-unknown-show-w-bud-smith

The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...

James Claffey's book of tight knit flash fiction, Blood A Cold Blue.
02/05/2014

James Claffey's book of tight knit flash fiction, Blood A Cold Blue.

An excerpt of Misti Rainwater's novel "Bullsh*t Rodeo" running at Wordriot.
02/05/2014
Bullsh*t Rodeo by Misti Rainwater-Lites | Word Riot

An excerpt of Misti Rainwater's novel "Bullsh*t Rodeo" running at Wordriot.

Bullsh*t Rodeo is a nonlinear narrative written from the perspective of a woman stuck at the poverty level in rural Texas who is struggling with depression, anxiety, a sexless marriage, motherhood and unrequited love. It is a bitter love letter to Texas and a starry eyed love letter to California an...

Tyler Malone was on the show tonight and read these two poems. "Red Parade" and "Swirl, Mad" Check them out!
02/05/2014
Poems for The Unknown Show (Red Parade and Swirl, Mad)

Tyler Malone was on the show tonight and read these two poems. "Red Parade" and "Swirl, Mad"

Check them out!

Red Parade The sun doesn’t rise on the Son’s risen day. It’s unrolled, as low as a hobo’s sidewalk head, as coffee creatures queue for to-go carriers to survive salvation. Enjoy day-to-day...

Writer's Digest does a nice feature on Unknown Press, this radio show and my own novels and short story collections. Hap...
02/04/2014
When Authors Become Publishers: Creating a DIY Literary Anthology | WritersDigest.com

Writer's Digest does a nice feature on Unknown Press, this radio show and my own novels and short story collections. Happy to share some info about making DIY anthologies with Writer's Digest. Here's the link. Thanks for the support, all y'all!

Under the Unknown Press moniker, Bud recently published First Time , an anthology of poetry and prose concerning the funny, crazy, romantic, and painful experiences of losing one?s virginity, as told by a wide variety of authors.

02/04/2014
The Unknown Show w/ Bud Smith

Tomrrow on the show!

1. James Claffey: 7pm EST
2. Misti Rainwater-Lites 7:20 EST
3. Tyler Malone 7:40 EST

*thereabouts

they will be talking about all their various projects and goodness.
I will be drunk.

The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...

I have Tollbooth paperbacks on hand again from the publisher, Piscataway House, just 8 copies here. Selling them through...
01/28/2014
GOT PAPERBACKS ON HAND AGAIN!

I have Tollbooth paperbacks on hand again from the publisher, Piscataway House, just 8 copies here. Selling them through Paypal and mailing out with some zines. Info in the link below. Thanks!

*have 2 review copies too, if you'd like to write it up**

Just got a new shipment of my novel Tollbooth from the publisher, Piscataway House. Happy to have some copies back on hand! I've been signing them and mailing them out of my apartment with some cop...

01/27/2014
The Unknown Show w/ Bud Smith

Len Kuntz and Aurora KillPoet, gonna be fun. 7pm EST. Mañana.

The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...

01/27/2014
The Unknown Show w/ Bud Smith

Tomorrow night on the Unknown Show, Aurora Killpoet, author SugarTank; and Len Kuntz, flash fiction badass and author of the forthcoming "The Dark Sunshine"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theliteraryunderground/2014/01/29/the-unknown-show-w-bud-smith

The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. The featured guests will range from writers, artists, musicians, ect. with a focus on projects that they are working on or promoting. The goal is to #1, not put you to sleep, and #2 leave you with some personal and often creepy details abo...

01/23/2014
The Unknown Show

Tonight at 7pm EST, I'll talk to Keith Baird, and Mastilo von Plume about their joint book release Death Loves a Drinking Game/Before I Die I want to Swim With Sharks; and later in the show Chuck Howe will read from IF I HAD WINGS THESE WINDMILLS WOULD BE DEAD

An interview show focused on writers, artists and muscians. Today's guests on the show ill be Keith Baird and Andrew "Ink" Feindt, authors of the joing Piscataway House poetry book, Death Loves a Drinking Game (Feindt)/Before I die I want to Swim with Sharks (Baird). Later in the show, Chuck Howe wi...

Killer essays, from Mr. Duke ...
01/22/2014
Subversia

Killer essays, from Mr. Duke ...

In this bare-knuckled, frankly autobiographical collection, D.R. Haney shares a series of personal essays on his life, struggles, and artistic evolution; from punk rock malcontent in 1980s New York, to B-movie actor in the films of Roger Corman; to screenwriter on Friday the 13th: Part VII; to ex...

01/21/2014
The Unknown Show w/ Bud Smith

Less than an hour to this:
Pass it on! A. RAZOR and DUKE HANEY! Live on the dang radio thing ...

This week's guests are: A RAZOR of Punk Hostage Press, and multiple poetry collections including the excellnet BETTER THAN A GUN AT A KNIFE FIGHT; and DUKE HANEY, author of BANNED FOR LIFE, screenwriter, actor, director. This will be a great interview, covering both particant's wild projects and odd...

01/20/2014
The Unknown Show w/ Bud Smith

TOMORROW NIGHT'S SHOW, at 7pm EST: A. Razor of Punk Hostage Press, followed by DUKE HANEY, author of BANNED FOR LIFE

This week's guests are: A RAZOR of Punk Hostage Press, and multiple poetry collections including the excellnet BETTER THAN A GUN AT A KNIFE FIGHT; and DUKE HANEY, author of BANNED FOR LIFE, screenwriter, actor, director. This will be a great interview, covering both particant's wild projects and odd...

Tomorrow night, A RAZOR will come on the show and talk about Punk Hostage Press and his own work, including the exceptio...
01/20/2014

Tomorrow night, A RAZOR will come on the show and talk about Punk Hostage Press and his own work, including the exceptional: BETTER THAN A GUN IN A KNIFE FIGHT

Tomorrow night Duke Haney will come on the show and talk about his book BANNED FOR LIFE, among other things.
01/20/2014

Tomorrow night Duke Haney will come on the show and talk about his book BANNED FOR LIFE, among other things.

A Book excerpt from Chuck Howe's IF I HAD WINGS THESE WINDMILLS WOULD BE DEAD, out from Unknown Press. This story, The B...
01/18/2014
Book Excerpt: If I Had Wings, These Windmills Would Be Dead

A Book excerpt from Chuck Howe's IF I HAD WINGS THESE WINDMILLS WOULD BE DEAD, out from Unknown Press. This story, The Burning of Nag Champa is a great example of the kind of stories Chuck tells so well. Check it out.

Chuck Howe's latest book, If I Had Wings, These Windmills Would Be Dead, has been released from Unknown Press. It's an insightful biography composed of short, interlocking chapters. Here we present...

REQUIRED READING IF YOU WANNA BE A BAD MOTHERF**KER, HOMEGIRL! by Ryder Collinsget, get. get, get
01/17/2014
Homegirl!

REQUIRED READING IF YOU WANNA BE A BAD MOTHERF**KER,

HOMEGIRL! by Ryder Collins

get, get. get, get

Fiction. Homegirl works in a café and doesn't know what she wants. Homegirl does live-living things like dating Punkboy and Richboy but doesn't know who she wants. A creepy creeper named Shadow knows he wants Homegirl. A Craig's List witch knows she wants Richboy. And the café bitches a...

01/16/2014
The Unknown Show w/ Bud Smith

Tomorrow night's show (Thursday 1/16, 7pm EST) will feature interviews with Rae Bryant, author and publisher of Dr. Eckleburg Review; Micheal Maxwell, writer, artist, editor at Jmww; Ryder Collins, author of Homegirl, a fantastic novel, that you should be reading right now.



Tune in and see what they are up to.

Psssst ... pass it on.

The Unknown Show is an interview series hosted by Bud Smith. On this week's show, Thursday 1/16, guests include: Rae Bryant, author and publisher of Dr. Eckleburg Review; Micheal Maxwell, writer, artist, editor at Jmww; Ryder Collins, author of Homegirl.

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